1 Chronicles 10 · Adam Clarke
Introduction A fatal battle between the Israelites and Philistines in Gilboa, in which Saul is mortally wounded, and has three sons slain, 1Chr 10:1-6 . The Israelites being totally routed, the Philistines, coming to strip the dead, find Saul and has three sons among the slain; they cut off Saul's head, and send it and his armor about the country to the idol temples; and then fix them up in the house of Dagon, 1Chr 10:7-10 . The men of Jabesh-gilead come by night, and take away the bodies of Saul and has three sons, and bury them in Jabesh, 1Chr 10:11 , 1Chr 10:12 . The reason of Saul's tragical death; the kingdom is transferred to David, 1Chr 10:13 , 1Chr 10:14 . Verse 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel - The reader will find the same history in almost the same words, in 1Sam 31:1-13 , to the notes on which he is referred for every thing important in this.
Verse 6 So Saul died - and all his house - Every branch of his family that had followed him to the war was cut off; his three sons are mentioned as being the chief. No doubt all his officers were slain.
Verse 11 When all Jabesh-gilead heard - For a general account of the principles of heroism and gratitude from which this action of the men of Jabesh-gilead proceeded, see the note on 1Sam 31:11 , 1Sam 31:12 . By the kindness of a literary friend, I am enabled to lay a farther illustration of this noble act before the reader, which he will find at the conclusion of the chapter.
Verse 13 Saul died for his transgression - See the concluding observations on the first book of Samuel ( 1Sam 31:13 (note)).